Tuesday, June 17, 2014

Understandably apprehensive about
Silas’ news about Nina’s living arrangements, and with a PI’s mind towards
assessing the situation, Sam takes the initiative and goes to introduce
herself. She and Nina figuratively pace around the tulips with tentative care,
furtively searching for emotional landmines to avoid – or perhaps to mark for
later use. When Silas comes home, he has sort of a Michael Douglas moment; utterly
blindsided to find his girlfriend and his wife chatting in the living room. The
charged topic of conversation leads him to consider whether Sam is really past
the ghosts of her previous marriage, and is faced with some decisions after a
few very pointed questions from Nina.

Use Somebody

Emotionally drained, both Patrick and
Sabrina say goodbye to Gabriel and contemplate how to move on from here.
Sabrina accepts Juan’s offer to convalesce and recuperate in Puerto Rico after
Patrick’s sincere encouragement. Both need time to adjust and absorb what has
happened before they can go forward, and Patrick knows the best thing for
Sabrina is to be with her family, while he figures out a way to accept his loss
– and contemplate why Robin wasn’t there to support him in his grief.

Absorbed in her own thoughts as she
departs from the funeral service, Maxie is aghast to stumble upon Nathan and
Levi in the park, engaged in a decidedly physical and anything but impassive
scuffle.Levi loses his Zen completely
after a few well-aimed barbs from his elliptically-inclined nemesis, and
hilarity ensues as the diminutive object of their affections breaks it up and
scolds them into submission. Later, Maxie is floored when she discovers who is
summoned to her custody hearing, and the judge hands down a decision with
regard to her visitation rights with little Georgie.

Across town, Franco is happily
dragging his goods and chattels out from storage, gleefully rediscovering his boxed
and taped past like a kid at Christmas. After recovering from the sheer and
staggering volume of Franco’s storage bin, Carly is happy and excited about
their future – but Josslyn, to their consternation and confusion – makes her
displeasure known. Forcefully.

Grenade

It seems this week is the week where
people move in with other people and their people aren’t happy about said people
moving in. Sam’s not thrilled about Nina. Josslyn, Michael, and Morgan aren’t
over the moon about Franco – and then Michael, Morgan, Kiki and Carly find out
about Ava setting up a wet bar at Sonny’s, and all hell really breaks loose.
Kiki is stunned – first attempting to pry the truth out of her mother and then
reading Ava the riot act when all that comes are evasions. Morgan is hurt,
Carly is livid, and Michael is just simply baffled.But he has no problems offering Morgan an
ear, a shoulder, and unwavering support as his adrift brother flails for
emotional purchase. Eager to offer something new for Morgan to focus on,
Michael unveils ELQ’s newest and very ambitious project – and is surprised by
an unexpected visitor.

Master of Puppets

After butting heads with Anna, Sonny
keeps his gloves on and goes back in for Round Two with Julian Jerome in the
Park – a piece of City real estate getting more action nowadays than Pier
52.The two mob bosses feed squirrels
and chat amiably about the state of business, all the while lacing their
comments with an undercurrent of menace and tension. Julian is still being pressured
by his overlord to keep up on product marketing, and in turn puts pressure on
Jordan, who is feeling pressured by her overlord,
Anna Devane.Overwhelmed and sick at having
to continue lying to TJ, Jordan appeals to Julian’s better nature, imploring
him to name his boss.

Also Next Week:Ava is shocked by news she never expected to hear, and Tracy develops a
new scheme. After talking to Olivia, Lulu makes a decision and shares it with
Dante. TJ and Molly commiserate over their mothers.

Songs:

Phenomenal Woman:Olivia Newton-John, Stronger Than Before

Use Somebody: Kings of Leon, Only By the Night

Grenade: Bruno Mars, Doo-Wops and Hooligans

Master of Puppets: Metallica, Master of Puppets

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Tuesday, June 10, 2014

With Nina’s
abrupt resurgence onto the living landscape, everyone in her time warped orbit
is reeling from the shockwave, floundering for purchase and trying to figure
out how to proceed.Nathan is confused
but happy to see his sister conscious and cognizant, almost instantly pledging
his fealty with no reservations and with the pure intent of a
five-year-old, worshipful brother. Silas and Sam are both stunned, with Silas
groping for some form of cognition in the haze.Having held back telling Nina about his love for Sam, he struggles
with the decision as to how to break the news and when. However, events
make him realize he can’t delay the inevitable any longer – he has to make a
choice and follow through.

The
situation is equally distressing for Sam, who wants to be gracious and patient –
but she’s as human as anyone else, and would prefer a resolution sooner than
later.When she is asked to investigate
the culprit responsible for Patrick and Sabrina’s accident, she agrees – glad to
help her friends and perhaps to give herself something else to focus on at the
moment.

High n’ Dry

Still
squirming under Fluke’s thumb, Julian remains conflicted about staying in the
business and wanting to smash his way out with whatever cudgel he can find
available.But he’s trapped by his
overarching concern for his children, which makes him an unwilling and
disgruntled minion. Dutifully, he gives Jordan new instructions on the next
phase of operations, and Jordan, who has important decisions of her own to
make, manages to suss out some key information during their meeting. Later in
the course of the day, her travels find her in a dicey situation alongside none
other than the Police Commissioner.

Not to Touch the Earth

Ric, the
cudgel of the moment, is cooling his heels in hoosegow as his friends and foes
alike plot for and against him in a battle that might rival the Five Armies.
Anna, fed up with constantly being stymied, informs him of new evidence in his
case, and despite a fiery row with Duke, proceeds doggedly on her chosen
course.When shots are fired at the
station, someone goes down – and as loved ones mourn the victim, Anna takes
charge and quickly establishes her new endgame strategy that will – hopefully –
topple the mob as a whole in Port Charles.

Also
This Week: Rafe has a memory of
something horrific.Morgan leans on
Michael for support while Sonny and Ava continue to intimidate and taunt each
other in their own private revival of Who’s
Afraid of Virginia Woolf.Levi and
Maxie argue, and Britt’s jealousy over Elizabeth and Nik may tempt her to
revert back to form.

Songs

The Lay of Our Love:Tyr, Valkyrja

High n’ Dry: Def Leppard, Pyromania

Not to Touch the Earth:The Doors, Waiting for the Sun

General Hospital airs weekdays at 2PM EST/PST on ABC and is available on Hulu and ABC.com

DISCLAIMER:

All General Hospital previews written and posted on this site are entirely from source material given to me by ABC.

I
do not source any material published on my site from message boards or
other sites. ABC is aware of my previews and content.Thanks for reading. :)

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A writer/word wrangler and (former) publicist, I have a penchant for the absurd - hence, my love of soaps, science fiction, and working in the entertainment business. I am Irish-American and identify fiercely with that particular psychosis of my DNA and heritage.
I love cooking, people who cook, and people who eat. Amateur historian; adore archaeology, sociology, and a good tale well told. I love writing about television -- about actors, writers, directors, and producers, and – well, really anyone working in this crazy industry. I aspire to be a writer on General Hospital someday, so I can watch the actors play out the mayhem I create in my head.
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